cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/17353042
these are called "jesus fuck i have to walk 800m to reach a place that is 400m from my house, i'll be fucked if i'm following the footways and making that 900m"
this post was submitted on 16 Jan 2025
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Desire paths Desire paths can be paths created as a consequence of erosion caused by human or animal foot-fall or traffic. The paths usually represent the shortest or most easily navigated routes between origins and destinations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desire_path
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I love that the last frame suggests it may never end.
Any medieval city builder that has transport networks I usually have my central hubs looking like I modeled them after a methed up Spidermans jizz after giving webslinging from his dick a try.
It starts just like this comic tho
it shows that people tend to make things too straight and geometric, when they should instead be curvy and organic.
Yeah, but if you make things too curvy they no longer fit together well. And can be hard to build depending on the construction methods used.
It suggests that whoever keeps trying to force for the pathing is an idiot
But even when they caved and paved the desire path (good), a new desire path was created.
Whoever was trying to force it was an idiot, and people are savages.
(Although I actually question if it would end this way)
Look at the original desire path it goes to the corner the paved path is offset 30 degrees because people want to access the crosswalk not the sidewalk then the crosswalk
It suggests that they put it too far to the left.
These are called desire paths.
which is also the name of the comunity to which it was posted 🎉
Some people choose to look at the comments rather than the official look-at-the-community route.
I know, just fulfilling other's wishes.
i need at least two more comments from lost lemmings pointing out that these are, in fact, called “desire paths”
These are, in fact, called 'lust lanes'.
Passionate pathways
Impulse Indicators
Yearning lanes
There's a community called desire paths on lemmy you know /s
I am a lemmy user who knows exactly where I am, but I also want to say "desire paths"
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All I see is Direct Action
This is why I my default feed is Everything top six hour. I'm now a member of a community celebrating something I didn't even know I loved until I saw it.
This is you:
This is why I my default feed is Everything top six hour
Top six gang 💪
We are many ❤️
I sometimes wish there was a top three hours too. Now I have to juggle between 1 and 6.
Maybe folks just want another bench and bin!
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I'm pretty sure the members of a community called desire paths know that these are called desire paths
This is just like saying someone's name to them during sex.
That's why I always say someone else's name. Keeps things spicy.
I bet you just say your own name.
Slowly, pronouncing every syllable like it is Skyrim and you are executing a shout.
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